MEN OF MAINE 



" Well," said Cal, " did you ever see me drunk 

 before ? " 



" Yes," I answered, " I tliink I have, and I 've 

 seen you half drunk, and, unless I am mistaken, 

 I 've seen you sober." 



" Well, maybe you have, and maybe you 've 

 got a vivid imagination," was his parting obser- 

 vation. 



I recall his announcement for the paper of the 

 arrival of one of the prominent summer visitors 

 on one occasion. It was as follows : " Dr. Bring- 

 hurst arrived last Tuesday, accompanied by his 

 little dog, Tippy, who during the past winter 

 has acquired seven new diseases." 



Here is another item : — 



"About seven acres on the island have been 

 painted red. This includes the roofs of all of 

 Mr. Dexter's buildings." 



Once a sportsman asked after his wife, to 

 whom Cal was invariably kind and devoted ; and 

 he replied cheerfully, " Oh, she 's gettin' so shift- 

 less she won't even cut the wood." 



He was sitting in the store one night with his 

 head in his hands, apparently oblivious to all 

 about him, when the door opened and a stranger 

 entered. " How are you. Fuller ? " said some one. 



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